Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

positive

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. 12 quotes from William Cowper

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies. 2 views from Imre Lakatos

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. 2 sayings from Imre Lakatos

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. 2 views from Steven Biko

To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers. 3 thoughts from Paul Klee

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. 46 other quotes from George Santayana

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. 7 views from Herbert Read

I want always to be positive. 5 wisdom & wit from Gianni Versace

If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force. 11 thoughts from Manuel Puig

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. 2 more quotes from Hans Selye

The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great. 2 quotes from William John Wills

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth. 45 other quotes from John Ruskin

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. 29 other wisdom & wit from Arthur Schopenhauer

I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. 6 quotes from Huey Newton

But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year. 3 other quotes from Georg Brandes

Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now. 5 quotes from Knute Rockne

Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. 4 wisdom & wit from George Allen, Sr.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. 105 quotes from Albert Einstein

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. 7 quotes from B. F. Skinner

For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction. 3 thoughts from Georg Simmel

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. 7 quotes from James Anthony Froude

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. 24 wisdom & wit from James A. Baldwin

Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature. 2 more quotes from Keith Haring

The most positive men are the most credulous. 43 more sayings from Alexander Pope

I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge. 6 quotes from Mikhail Bakunin

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. 59 thoughts from Elbert Hubbard

You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind. 4 thoughts from Emmet Fox

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. 19 thoughts from Alexis de Tocqueville

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. 12 other quotes from Franz Kafka

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything. 9 quotes from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that. 2 more thoughts from Luther Allison

Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima. 29 quotes from Pablo Picasso